A worker was electrocuted while cutting trees in the yard of a home July 22, 2024, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The man was working 20 feet up in a tree when he came in contact with a power line. First responders performed CPR, and the worker was taken to the hospital, where he later died, according to a Fox 23 news report.
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